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Exosomes

Exosomes are small membrane vesicles of endocytic origin secreted by most cell types in vitro. Cells continuously secrete a large number of microvesicles, exosomes and small molecules into the extracellular space. Exosomes have been shown to contain mRNA and miRNA and they are able to mediate communication between cells, by transport of RNA and proteins which can be functionalized in the recipient cell. The ability to transport bioactive cargoes, gives exosomes innate therapeutic potential as a natural drug carrier. Efficient techniques for loading drugs into exosomes to utilize the natural carrier capabilities of these vesicles remains to be elucidated.

Applications of Exosomes

The presence exosomes in blood, saliva, and urine paves the way for the possible application of exosomes as a diagnostic marker for diseases. Many diseases are difficult to detect by the methods and equipment available today and there is a growing demand for development of new non‐invasive methods to detect diseases in early stages. The use of exosomes as markers of disease is being investigated to cement their potential as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for early detection of many diseases, in particular cancers. This, however, relies on thorough characterisation of exosomes in both healthy and diseased states

An important factor to understanding the roles of exosomes is knowledge of their biodistribution. Currently, the number of publications describing the biodistribution of exosomes is limited. The main reason being the lack of a robust fluorescent label that can be visualised in vivo. Mapping the specific cell type derived exosomes can increase our knowledge on the roles of exosomes in the organism, as well as help to identify natural targeting systems.

Isolation, Characterisation and Fluorescent Labelling

The most common isolation protocol uses a differential centrifugation to fractionate cells, microvesicles, and exosomes, which are pelleted by ultracentrifugation. After vesicles are secreted from cells into the extracellular environment, it difficult to separate the different subpopulations of vesicles to obtain a pure sample. We have developed methods to optimise isolation and thorough characterisation procedures to obtain pure and well-characterised exosomes. Furthermore, we have developed a simple method for labelling of exosomes with a robust fluorescent label that can be visualised in vivo, allowing investigation of the biodistribution of different cell derived exosomes.

Collaborators:

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Dan Peer, Department of Cell Research & Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Moein Moghimi, school of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, UK

Recent Publications

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Benaouda, M, Martin, C, Li, X, Kebreab, E, Hristov, AN, Yu, Z, Yáñez-Ruiz, DR, Reynolds, CK, Crompton, LA, Dijkstra, J, Bannink, A, Schwarm, A, Kreuzer, M, McGee, M, Lund, P, Hellwing, ALF, Weisbjerg, MR, Moate, PJ, Bayat, AR, Shingfield, KJ, Peiren, N & Eugène, MA 2019, Evaluation of mathematical models to predict methane emissions from ruminants under different dietary mitigation strategies. in A Berndt, LGP Ribeiro & AL Abdalla (eds), Proceedings of the 7th GGAA. Embrapa Southeast Livestock, São Carlos, pp. 85-86, Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture Conference, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, 04/08/2019. <http://www.ggaa2019.org/sites/default/files/proceedings-ggaa2019.pdf>
Venkataraman, AV, Mansur, A, Huiban, M, Passchier, J, Rowe, JB, Tsukada, H, Brooks, D, Gunn, RN, Matthews, PM, Rabiner, EA & MINDMAPS Consortium 2019, 'Evaluation of mitochondrial and synaptic function in Alzheimer's disease (AD): a [F-18]BCPP-EF, [C-11]SA4503 and [C-11]UCB-J PET study', Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, vol. 39, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 121-122.
Slavensky, H 2019, Evaluation of new learning spaces for mixed on-campus and online students. in J Bennedsen, AB Lauritsen, K Edström, N Kuptasthien, J Roslöf & R Songer (eds), The 15th International CDIO Conference: Proceedings – Full Papers. AU Library Scholarly Publishing Services, Aarhus, pp. 591-602, 15th International CDIO Conference at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 25/06/2019. https://doi.org/10.7146/aul.347
Does, MD, Olesen, JL, Harkins, KD, Serradas-Duarte, T, Gochberg, DF, Jespersen, SN & Shemesh, N 2019, 'Evaluation of principal component analysis image denoising on multi-exponential MRI relaxometry', Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 81, no. 6, pp. 3503-3514. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27658
Neppl, S, Landry, G, Kurz, C, Hansen, DC, Hoyle, B, Stöcklein, S, Seidensticker, M, Weller, J, Belka, C, Parodi, K & Kamp, F 2019, 'Evaluation of proton and photon dose distributions recalculated on 2D and 3D Unet-generated pseudoCTs from T1-weighted MR head scans', Acta Oncologica, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 1429-1434. https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2019.1630754
López-Blanco, E, Exbrayat, JF, Lund, M, Christensen, TR, Tamstorf, MP, Slevin, D, Hugelius, G, Bloom, AA & Williams, M 2019, 'Evaluation of terrestrial pan-Arctic carbon cycling using a data-assimilation system', Earth System Dynamics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 233-255. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-233-2019
Chiang, C, Chung, M-T, Shih, T-W, Chan, T-Y, Yamaguchi, A & Wang, C-H 2019, 'Evaluation of the Ba-137 mass-marking technique and potential effects in the early life history stages of Sepioteuthis lessoniana', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 1698-1707. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18325
Benaouda, M, Martin, C, Li, X, Kebreab, E, Hristov, AN, Yu, Z, Yáñez-Ruiz, DR, Reynolds, CK, Crompton, LA, Dijkstra, J, Bannink, A, Schwarm, A, Kreuzer, M, McGee, M, Lund, P, Hellwing, ALF, Weisbjerg, MR, Moate, PJ, Bayat, AR, Shingfield, KJ, Peiren, N & Eugène, M 2019, 'Evaluation of the performance of existing mathematical models predicting enteric methane emissions from ruminants: Animal categories and dietary mitigation strategies', Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 255, 114207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2019.114207
Kumar, A, Brandt, J, Ketzel, M, Patil, RS, Dikshit, AK & Hertel, O 2019, 'Evaluation of the Urban Background Model (UBM) and AERMOD for Mumbai City', Environmental Modeling & Assessment, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 75-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-018-9607-5
Degn, H-P 2019, 'Evaluering af kultur: Præsentation og diskussion af den forskningsbaserede evaluering af Aarhus 2017.', Paper presented at Dansk Evalueringsselskabs Årskonference 2019, Kolding, Denmark, 04/09/2019 - 06/09/2019.
Ajaj, T, Blankertz, B, Alter, K & Grube, M 2019, 'Event-related EEG correlates of the processing of a metrical beat: in search for components of entrainment and prediction.', Annual Meeting of the German Neuroscience Foundation , Göttingen, Germany, 20/03/2019.
Bjerge, B & Eriksson, M 2019, 'Everyday life and the boundaries of social work', Nordic Social Work Research, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 101-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2019.1604683
Chow, P-S 2019, 'Everyday spaces and visual narratives of Malmö', Scandinavica: An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies, vol. 58, no. T, pp. 5-10. <https://www.scandinavica.net/article/11175-everyday-spaces-and-visual-narratives-of-malmo>
Baschieri, A, Gordeev, VS, Akuze, J, Kwesiga, D, Blencowe, H, Cousens, S, Waiswa, P, Fisker, AB, Thysen, SM, Rodrigues, A, Biks, GA, Abebe, SM, Gelaye, KA, Mengistu, MY, Geremew, BM, Delele, TG, Tesega, AK, Yitayew, TA, Kasasa, S, Galiwango, E, Natukwatsa, D, Kajungu, D, Enuameh, YA, Nettey, OE, Dzabeng, F, Amenga-Etego, S, Newton, SK, Manu, AA, Tawiah, C, Asante, KP, Owusu-Agyei, S, Alam, N, Haider, MM, Alam, SS, Arnold, F, Byass, P, Croft, TN, Herbst, K, Kishor, S, Serbanescu, F & Lawn, JE 2019, '"Every Newborn-INDEPTH" (EN-INDEPTH) study protocol for a randomised comparison of household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five Health and Demographic Surveillance sites', Journal of global health, vol. 9, no. 1, 010901. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.010901
Finderup, J & Lomborg, K 2019, Evidence-based clinical practice. in TB Hafsteinsdóttir, H Jónsdóttir, H Leino-Kilpi, K Lomborg & IR Hallberg (eds), Leadership in nursing: experiences from the European Nordic countries. Springer, Cham, pp. 33-45.
Kiviat, E, Meyerson, LA, Mozdzer, TJ, Allen, WJ, Baldwin, AH, Bhattarai, GP, Brix, H, Caplan, JS, Kettenring, KM, Lambertini, C, Weis, J, Whigham, DF & Cronin, JT 2019, 'Evidence does not support the targeting of cryptic invaders at the subspecies level using classical biological control: the example of Phragmites', Biological Invasions, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 2529-2541. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02014-9
Galbany, L, Ashall, C, Hoflich, P, Gonzalez-Gaitan, S, Taubenberger, S, Stritzinger, M, Hsiao, EY, Mazzali, P, Baron, E, Blondin, S, Bose, S, Bulla, M, Burke, JF, Burns, CR, Cartier, R, Chen, P, Della Valle, M, Diamond, TR, Gutierrez, CP, Harmanen, J, Hiramatsu, D, Holoien, TW-S, Hosseinzadeh, G, Howell, DA, Huang, Y, Inserra, C, de Jaeger, T, Jha, SW, Kangas, T, Kromer, M, Lyman, JD, Maguire, K, Marion, GH, Milisavljevic, D, Prentice, SJ, Razza, A, Reynolds, TM, Sand, DJ, Shappee, BJ, Shekhar, R, Smartt, SJ, Stassun, KG, Sullivan, M, Valenti, S, Villanueva, S, Wang, X, Wheeler, JC, Zhai, Q & Zhang, J 2019, 'Evidence for a Chandrasekhar-mass explosion in the Ca-strong 1991bg-like type la supernova 2016hnk', Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A), vol. 630, 76. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935537
Howe, LJ, Richardson, TG, Arathimos, R, Alvizi, L, Passos-Bueno, MR, Stanier, P, Nohr, E, Ludwig, KU, Mangold, E, Knapp, M, Stergiakouli, E, Pourcain, BS, Smith, GD, Sandy, J, Relton, CL, Lewis, SJ, Hemani, G & Sharp, GC 2019, 'Evidence for DNA methylation mediating genetic liability to non-syndromic cleft lip/palate', Epigenomics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 133-145. https://doi.org/10.2217/epi-2018-0091
Foo, JC, Streit, F, Frank, J, Treutlein, J, Baune, BT, Moebus, S, Joeckel, K-H, Forstner, AJ, Noethen, MM, Rietschel, M, Sartorius, A, Kranaster, L & Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (Jakob Grove, member of -) 2019, 'Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy', American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32700
Nyhus, C, Pihl, M, Hyttel, P & Hall, VJ 2019, 'Evidence for nucleolar dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease', Reviews in the Neurosciences, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 685–700. https://doi.org/10.1515/revneuro-2018-0104
Henriksen, A 2019, 'Evidence in AI: Working on the basis of thresholds in predictive algorithms', Big Data and the Power of Narrative, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21/03/2019 - 22/03/2019.
Polimanti, R, Peterson, RE, Ong, J-S, MacGregor, S, Edwards, AC, Clarke, T-K, Frank, J, Gerring, Z, Gillespie, NA, Lind, PA, Maes, HH, Martin, NG, Mbarek, H, Medland, SE, Streit, F, Agrawal, A, Edenberg, HJ, Kendler, KS, Lewis, CM, Sullivan, PF, Wray, NR, Gelernter, J, Derks, EM & Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium 2019, 'Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: findings from the psychiatric genomics consortium', Psychological Medicine, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1218-1226. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719000667
Crabeck, O, Galley, RJ, Mercury, L, Delille, B, Tison, JL & Rysgaard, S 2019, 'Evidence of Freezing Pressure in Sea Ice Discrete Brine Inclusions and Its Impact on Aqueous-Gaseous Equilibrium', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 124, no. 3, pp. 1660-1678. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014597